April 15th - 17th Meet

[unorthadox]

Ok, Been chatting to a few of the lads and gona try and organise a meet.

At the moment, this is all purely theoretical, dates and venues are prone to change over the next couple of weeks.

Two popular suggestions include Kielder and The Coast.

To get to Kielder there is a bus that regularly travels there from hexham, to get to hexham, there are buses from newcastle and probably carlisle, or via the national train network.


The area on the coast is open to suggestions, one suggestion is here 55°17'34.75"N 1°34'16.26"W (google earth has some good streetview photos). This has a woodland, right next to the coast which could be fairly useful


Let us know if you are interested in a meet, if the date is ok and preffered location. Hopefully the dates and location will be finalised within a week

[northumbrian]

im open to either !

[unorthadox]

awesome :)

[toilet digger]

i'm up for either as well, even though i've just got back from a two nighter, still enthusastic.

[northumbrian]

i'm up for either as well, even though i've just got back from a two nighter, still enthusastic.

eeeh u sly sod u didnt say ye were gannin oot and aboot.lol

[toilet digger]

just a couple of nights with my good lady, she's handy to have as she can fetch birch bark and pine kindling while i play with the axe:35::35::campfire::35:

[d-day66]

Hey hope you guys keep me posted! Im worried i might miss out here! lol

[northumbrian]

Hey hope you guys keep me posted! Im worried i might miss out here! lol

ne probs d just make your sugestion about the place and date and we''l rock on from there.
im leaning towards a costal mooch .

[northumbrian]

come on lads and lasses is it just me and mr faeces facilitator online r all of u sleeping of the sunday beer ? lol

[andyc54]

i wish i was sleeping off the booze but im trying to pay for a fire steel off ebay but its not playing.

depending on the misses and plans i could be up for a coastel weekend even better if theres some trees near the beach to use the hammock
and it gives me a chance to use my newly bought hobo fishing line holder thingy from ebay cant wait for it to come :)

[northumbrian]

i want to try my crabline out too so i hope there r some rocks nearby ,i love hot crab sarnies , we used to have them all the time when we went on holiday to holy island when i was a bairn.lol

[northumbrian]

reet im defo saying id prefer the costal mooch unless outvoted ,either way im happy.

[toilet digger]

superb, anyone got any recipes for limpets?

[unorthadox]

whats the crack with this meet then, anyone still interested, the main contributor seems to have been banned, i wonder why hmm..

[toilet digger]

i wondered where northumbrian had got to so i messaged a mod.
apparently northumbrian derailed a classified thread, got it deleted, reposted and had a spazzy rant :nono:

got banned for a week, :yikes: but can still view the forum :headbang:

(do you get the feeling you're being watched)

should be back soon goodjob

[unorthadox]

in the words of Nick Frost, he's 'off the ******* chain'

i had a look another look place i suggested on the coast, turns out there isnt actually as much woodland there as it though, there is a lake in there.

anyone got a good place to go on the coast?

preferibly, it could do with rocks, beach and woodland all within reasonable walking distance which is secluded enough to avoid any hassle

[toilet digger]

your original suggestion was druridge bay, amble is to the north. i would suggest somewhere north of amble. i'll have a butchers and post up later if thats ok?

[unorthadox]

your original suggestion was druridge bay, amble is to the north. i would suggest somewhere north of amble. i'll have a butchers and post up later if thats ok?

sounds good, im personally more of a woodland like of guy but hey, variety is the spice of life :)

[toilet digger]

if you look at it from a anthroplogical view, ya get a better feed from the coastal margins.

limpet porridge is the future! YUM.

[northumbrian]

i wondered where northumbrian had got to so i messaged a mod.
apparently northumbrian derailed a classified thread, got it deleted, reposted and had a spazzy rant :nono:

got banned for a week, :yikes: but can still view the forum :headbang:

(do you get the feeling you're being watched)

should be back soon goodjob

lol feking spazzy,lol im back u cheeky sods and i could'nt view the forum they banned me goodstyle.
so whats the score where we going then ? coastal , i was also thinking north of amble, i'll download google streetview and have a look . p.s T.D there was an e,mail address on your message but i did,nt wanna intrude so i waited until i was unbanned,lol

[toilet digger]

lol feking spazzy,lol im back u cheeky sods and i could'nt view the forum they banned me goodstyle.
so whats the score where we going then ? coastal , i was also thinking north of amble, i'll download google streetview and have a look . p.s T.D there was an e,mail address on your message but i did,nt wanna intrude so i waited until i was unbanned,lol

hahahahahaha best you get on the camomile tea sunshine, afore ya turn green and muscly :yikes:

coastal is looking good like. and north of amble would be wise, be a bit more isolated.

[northumbrian]

and here's me all nice and calm after a session of paint stripping the bathroom wall of lead paint !me heids buzzing like a chainsaw.lol. i think i better go an pour myself a nice single malt !

[northumbrian]

also i ve just been looking at wildtrak online who have a shop in st andrews street and ive found a 3 season bag for £23 its the snugpak The sleeping bag. i might have a toby doon there on tuesday apparently the shop has 4 floors of gear ! i also found a discount online shop called marshalls at marshallleisure.co.uk and bought some very cheap gear , a basic first aid kid and bag for £1.80 ! a coleman 1 litre water bottle in a protective pouch and shoulder strap £2.70 , it all came the next day as they are just outside berwick !

[unorthadox]

welcome back northumbrian :)

sooner we get a place decded, the sooner we can move to the next stage of planning :)

does anyone have a specific place yet?

theres plenty of vague areas mentioned but no specific sites and what they provide

[northumbrian]

craster - low newton by the sea ?
low newton by the sea - beadnell ?
bamburgh - holy island ?

just a few idea's gathered off google satellite to discuss ?
anybody with a os map could maybe's have a more detailed look over ?

cheers Andrew.

[unorthadox]

i think ive found the ideal spot with your reccomendations...

55°26'25.12"N 1°35'33.38"W

it is a bay jsut south of howick. has a small bay, rocks and trees all next to each other. it also has these which would be worth a visit

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8097678.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/28403510.jpg

[andyc54]

that looks an amazing place nice find that :)

[unorthadox]

well i think this will be the place unless there are any objections, gona wait a few days nd see if anyone finds somewhere better, then we can move forward to the next stage :)

[northumbrian]

i think i watched them build that house on telly ,the oldest house in britain apperently , also they showed the landscape back then and the sea was way further out.7800 years old the newcastle uni website states .

[northumbrian]

we might have a small problem i think raf boulmer is sighted a few k's just down the coast, its a radar station and sea mountain rescue, the might have a problem if we start lighting bonna's ?

[northumbrian]

aye mate i think they might tell us off ,ive just looked on their website and its a heavy duty camp, words mentioned were NATO, EARLY WARNING, so i think its a nono, we could start off there and see what its like and move off up coast if needs be ?
hell if it comes to it we can kip on harry potters lawn ? lol tell the duke to bugger off its wor land the armstrongs and the reivers were here before the percys anyway.lol

[hammy]

Guys.
one of you have should maybe have a drive up there and have a chat with the farner who has the land between the reconstructed dwelling and Boulmer. You never know ?.
He has in the past allowed students doing their duke of edinburgh awards to camp on the beach. Its a grand spot.

[northumbrian]

cheers hammy for that bit of info , anybody with a vroom vroom just put yer hands up in a orderly fashion ? lol

[northumbrian]

anybody intrested in this thread still ? please reply !

[toilet digger]

yeah bud , still up for it.

[unorthadox]

i am, but i dont have a car and im fairly busy at the moment so i cant go scouting around myself

[northumbrian]

what do u recon with what hammy said about the farmer or shall we look for another site ?

[northumbrian]

anybody out there ?

[Peterlee_Paddler]

Unless I'm rota'd into work then I'll be up for this meet.

[unorthadox]

what do u recon with what hammy said about the farmer or shall we look for another site ?

it sounds good but like i say, i dont have the time to go looking for places or asking landowners.. the 15th april will be my first free day between now nd then

[Peterlee_Paddler]

It's possible that I might be able to get up there and ask permission. I'll see if I can find out where the farmer lives. I'll look at the links later for clues.

[northumbrian]

cheers mate if u can get ahad of hammy i think he has the info .

cheers Andrew.

[northumbrian]

anybody still intrested in this one ?

[northumbrian]

anybody ? (im so alone ! soooooo sad ! )

[northumbrian]

ok ! ne probs !

[toilet digger]

yes yes yes, sorry been a bit distracted fella, gonna have a butchers at sites the morrow :togo:

hows you been matey? ya missed a goodun at brockwell :viking:

[northumbrian]

im canny mate hows yersel ? aye i ve seen the pics and read the reports of brockwell woods it seems a belter time was had by all,lol and you've got 2 seperate groups now ? lol The mankys and the not so mankys ? lol
that will be belter if u can have a toby up the coast to have a deekie ! lol.

cheers Andrew.

[Peterlee_Paddler]

Does anyone know the farmer's whereabouts as it's possible I MIGHT be up that way tomorrow and I could have a chat with him if he's not busy?

[northumbrian]

sorry mate i dont but if u scroll back down to number 32 thread it was hammy who first mentioned it but has'nt been seen since.

cheers Andrew.

[northumbrian]

Thread closed due to lack of replies !


Thank you all !

[d-day66]

So whats happening then guys??

[unorthadox]

looks like its a no go, we havent found a suitable coastal spot yet and its gona be pretty short notice even if we do now.. hopefully find one in the next month or two

[northumbrian]

aye its getting on a bit now and also TD'S recent op so we'll give this one a miss ,but if anybody has a deffo sound site they know then we can all bag up and toby off there ?